Imaginary Australian: Anglo-Celts and Identity 1788 to the Present by Miriam Dixson

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned.

An examination of the nature of Australian national identity; includes reference to Aborigines discussed in terms of violence, racism, guilt, remorse and memory; questions the characterisation of race relations through forgetting and silence (Stanner) and violence (Rowley); argues that simplified historical narratives about race relations impede reparative energy in race relations; psychological understanding of racism; theories of the nation; crisis of history and time in Australia and its impact on identity. (Trove)